I totally agree to Dr Minnie Bodhanwala when quotes, “Today, the unhealthy lifestyle choices that lead to cardiovascular disease often begin in childhood and adolescence, so preventive measures for tackling heart disease must begin at this crucial age. Need of the hour is to promote healthy diet & physical activity amongst the new generation and provide a second chance to children who are already suffering from cardiac diseases.”
So in my humble opinion,introduce fitness to your kids at an early stage and one such platform to get them started could be ‘ Little Hearts Marathon’.
First a little about the race.This charity run is organised every year by the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital. ‘Little Hearts Marathon’ helps raise funds for setting up a cardiac centre at BJWHC and in turn reduce the costs and waiting times for cardiac surgeries for the underprivileged kids.
Last year, over 5000 children ,from the age group of 4 years to 17 years,participated in the Marathon along with their parents, collectively ensuring the event was a grand success. This Marathon is for the children, run by the children and towards the benefit of the children.
Aditya Gupta(8 yrs) was one of the youngest kids to finish 5.5 kms and he was our spokesperson.Let’s see what he has to say about the race.
“I wanted to show that small children can also run long distance and make my parents feel proud of me. I had trained for it also.I did the full 5.5 kms and not the 2.5 kms category.
I felt very happy and proud of myself.It was very tiring in the end.I will again do it next year
There were many children who did the run and it was good to run with them.”
